best hard science fiction

101.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,288 ratings
102.
Voice
Voice 4.42 avg rating — 130 ratings
103.
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,031 ratings
104.
The Time Ships
The Time Ships 3.95 avg rating — 6,339 ratings
105.
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,166 ratings
106.
Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0)
Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0) 4.05 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
107.
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3)
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3) 3.96 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
108.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,567 ratings
109.
In the Shadow of Humanity
In the Shadow of Humanity 4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings
109.
Refractions (The Guardian Cycle #1)
Refractions (The Guardian Cycle #1) 4.05 avg rating — 185 ratings
111.
Titan
Titan 3.74 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
111.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,596 ratings
113.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,371 ratings
114.
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
115.
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3)
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 27,223 ratings
116.
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 12,122 ratings
117.
Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) 3.87 avg rating — 79,798 ratings
118.
Heretics of Dune (Dune #5)
Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) 3.85 avg rating — 97,807 ratings
119.
Songs of Distant Earth
Songs of Distant Earth 3.91 avg rating — 16,773 ratings
120.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating — 869,427 ratings
121.
Moving Mars (Queen of Angels, #3)
Moving Mars (Queen of Angels, #3)
by: Greg Bear
3.85 avg rating — 7,785 ratings
122.
Planet Ignis
Planet Ignis 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
123.
The Chronoliths
The Chronoliths 3.68 avg rating — 5,605 ratings
124.
Marrow (Great Ship, #1)
Marrow (Great Ship, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,405 ratings
125.
Galileo's Dream
Galileo's Dream 3.60 avg rating — 3,180 ratings
126.
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 33,347 ratings
127.
Alien
Alien 4.09 avg rating — 22,039 ratings
128.
Incandescence
Incandescence
by: Greg Egan
3.67 avg rating — 2,256 ratings
129.
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,080 ratings
130.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,198 ratings
131.
Brass Man (Agent Cormac, #3)
Brass Man (Agent Cormac, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 7,612 ratings
132.
Time (Manifold #1)
Time (Manifold #1) 3.79 avg rating — 7,964 ratings
133.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,844 ratings
134.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,191 ratings
135.
Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)
Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 9,380 ratings
136.
Heavy Time (The Company Wars, #4)
Heavy Time (The Company Wars, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
137.
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3)
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
138.
Wake (WWW, #1)
Wake (WWW, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 8,416 ratings
139.
Soul Searching (Nodes of God, #1)
Soul Searching (Nodes of God, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
139.
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 324 ratings
141.
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be 4.42 avg rating — 76 ratings
142.
Endymion (Hyperion, #3)
Endymion (Hyperion, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 67,974 ratings
143.
The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot, #1)
The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,692 ratings
144.
The Clockwork Rocket (Orthogonal, #1)
The Clockwork Rocket (Orthogonal, #1)
by: Greg Egan
3.65 avg rating — 2,350 ratings
144.
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 32,650 ratings
146.
2312
2312 3.52 avg rating — 21,486 ratings
147.
The Eternal Flame (Orthogonal, #2)
The Eternal Flame (Orthogonal, #2)
by: Greg Egan
3.97 avg rating — 954 ratings
148.
The Arrows of Time (Orthogonal #3)
The Arrows of Time (Orthogonal #3)
by: Greg Egan
4.06 avg rating — 773 ratings
149.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (Unionside, #1)
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (Unionside, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,172 ratings
150.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
151.
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 78,198 ratings
152.
Feersum Endjinn: A Novel
Feersum Endjinn: A Novel 3.84 avg rating — 11,449 ratings
152.
The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 62,707 ratings
154.
Neutron Star (Known Space)
Neutron Star (Known Space) 4.13 avg rating — 12,950 ratings
155.
Rama Revealed (Rama, #4)
Rama Revealed (Rama, #4) 3.82 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
155.
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories 4.11 avg rating — 14,478 ratings
157.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating — 115,697 ratings
158.
The Temporal Void (Void #2)
The Temporal Void (Void #2) 4.25 avg rating — 24,386 ratings
159.
Anvil of Stars (Forge of God, #2)
Anvil of Stars (Forge of God, #2)
by: Greg Bear
3.92 avg rating — 6,890 ratings
160.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night 3.97 avg rating — 4,936 ratings
161.
Destination: Void
Destination: Void 3.61 avg rating — 4,911 ratings
161.
Inversions (Culture, #6)
Inversions (Culture, #6) 3.96 avg rating — 19,769 ratings
163.
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 6,527 ratings
164.
Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3)
Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 26,674 ratings
165.
Iceworld
Iceworld 3.68 avg rating — 555 ratings
166.
Earth
Earth 3.92 avg rating — 8,137 ratings
167.
Last and First Men/Star Maker
Last and First Men/Star Maker 3.99 avg rating — 598 ratings
168.
A Fall of Moondust
A Fall of Moondust 3.89 avg rating — 11,377 ratings
169.
Proxima
Proxima 3.81 avg rating — 7,185 ratings
170.
Flood (Flood, #1)
Flood (Flood, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 5,644 ratings
171.
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,184 ratings
172.
Transitions (The Quantum Mechanic, #1)
Transitions (The Quantum Mechanic, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings
172.
Inherit the Stars
Inherit the Stars 4.06 avg rating — 5,779 ratings
172.
Eternity (The Way, #2)
Eternity (The Way, #2)
by: Greg Bear
3.90 avg rating — 7,964 ratings
172.
When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1
When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1 3.44 avg rating — 79 ratings
172.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating — 67,333 ratings
177.
Charon's Children
Charon's Children really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
177.
Crystal Deception (Crystal #1)
Crystal Deception (Crystal #1) 4.31 avg rating — 382 ratings
177.
Force Field a Taste of the Sun
Force Field a Taste of the Sun it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
180.
Watch (WWW, #2)
Watch (WWW, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 5,030 ratings
181.
Eifelheim
Eifelheim 3.78 avg rating — 4,500 ratings
181.
Wonder (WWW, #3)
Wonder (WWW, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 4,280 ratings
183.
Coalescent (Destiny's Children, #1)
Coalescent (Destiny's Children, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,753 ratings
183.
Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
185.
All of an Instant
All of an Instant 3.90 avg rating — 106 ratings
185.
The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story (The Gap Cycle #1)
The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story (The Gap Cycle #1) 3.71 avg rating — 10,886 ratings
187.
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 40,254 ratings
188.
Moonseed (NASA Trilogy, #3)
Moonseed (NASA Trilogy, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
189.
Heart of the Comet
Heart of the Comet 3.89 avg rating — 2,717 ratings
190.
Not for Glory (Metsada Mercenary Corps, #3)
Not for Glory (Metsada Mercenary Corps, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 235 ratings
190.
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 33,364 ratings
192.
Humans (Neanderthal Parallax, #2)
Humans (Neanderthal Parallax, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 6,122 ratings
192.
Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9) 4.23 avg rating — 41,224 ratings
194.
Artemis
Artemis
by: Andy Weir
3.69 avg rating — 308,372 ratings
195.
Kesrith (The Faded Sun, #1)
Kesrith (The Faded Sun, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
195.
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
197.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,059 ratings
198.
Neptune Crossing (Chaos Chronicles, #1)
Neptune Crossing (Chaos Chronicles, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,056 ratings
199.
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2)
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 6,925 ratings
199.
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7) 4.16 avg rating — 60,162 ratings
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